Voices of New York amplifies the city’s ethnic and community press. Launched shortly after 9/11, it aims to break down the barriers of language and geography that separate New York’s communities, celebrate quality journalism in every neighborhood, and harness the combined power of grassroots journalists across the city. This service was operated from 2011 to 2019 by the Center for Community and Ethnic Media at CUNY’s Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism. (Archived site.)
On Tuesday, New Yorkers will hit the polls to cast ballots in a number of races: for public advocate, for district attorneys in three boroughs, in one City Council race and for a number of judicial posts. There are also proposed charter changes.
‘Unlike Serbs in some other diasporas, most notably in the Czech Republic or in England, Serbs in New York didn’t organize a public protest or movement against the current government,’ says Marija Šajkaš, a writer and political analyst from Belgrade.
‘The process is slow,’ said one mother, who’s son is being held at the infamous jail. ‘I have sat waiting in court for up to four hours only to be told at the last minute that the session is suspended.’
Community members in Chinatown donated to cover the cost of the victim’s funeral, and are calling for greater attention to homelessness and affordable housing.
‘This rule, this change that they’re trying to put into effect, it actually touches very few people. Public Charge as a test does not apply to all immigrants, does not apply to all immigration applications,’ says Sonia Lin, of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs.
Former students, colleagues and family of Donald Keene, known for his scholarship on Japanese literature, gathered to remember the late translator at Columbia University, where he’d previously studied and taught.
“This city needs to acknowledge that we Latinos don’t just put hot sauce on their tostadas but we also bring our music, hard work, pay taxes.” Latino New Yorkers spoke to El Diario about the biggest contributions the community makes to the city.
From Voices of New York: community news outlets across the city report on the killing of four homeless men in Chinatown last week, and on the de Blasio administration’s ongoing attempts to reform the shelter system.
Organizers within the nail salon industry continue to fight for better working conditions, even four years after the passage of state regulations intended to protect employees.
Since its inception 20 years ago, the Asian Psychiatry program at Gracie Square Hospital has been providing patients with healthy, tasty meals and snacks made by in-house Chinese chefs following Asian recipes.